Portrait of Mark Akenside
Date
1823
Sitter
Mark Akenside (1721 - 1770, British) , Physician
Creator
Richard Rhodes (1765 - 1838, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
W Walker, Publisher
After
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 207mm
width (print): 134mm
height (paper support): 222mm
width (paper support): 149mm
width (print): 134mm
height (paper support): 222mm
width (paper support): 149mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Mark Akenside in right profile. Circle in a rectangular frame.
Inscribed ‘Drawn by G. Clint A.R.A. Engraved by R. Rhodes. MARK AKENSIDE, M.D. From a Picture by Pond in the Collection of The Right Honorable Lord Heathfield. London March 1, 1823. Published by W. Walker 5 Grays Inn Square’ and pencilled ‘1753.’
Mark Akenside was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
Inscribed ‘Drawn by G. Clint A.R.A. Engraved by R. Rhodes. MARK AKENSIDE, M.D. From a Picture by Pond in the Collection of The Right Honorable Lord Heathfield. London March 1, 1823. Published by W. Walker 5 Grays Inn Square’ and pencilled ‘1753.’
Mark Akenside was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.1
Associated place